Mr. Fillon, a former prime minister who pledged to limit immigration and control Islam, handily defeated Alain Juppé in a Republican Party runoff. By Adam Nossiter François Fillon’s promises to limit ...

Former French Prime Minister Alain Juppe attends the Fondation Chirac Prize ceremony at Quai Branly Museum in Paris, France, November 23, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Mori/Pool PARIS (Reuters) - Former ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Former prime minister Alain Juppe has widened his lead over rival Nicolas Sarkozy to win the center-right's nomination for France's 2017 presidential elections, an opinion poll ...

Francois Fillon won France's first-ever conservative presidential primary Sunday after promising drastic free-market reforms and a crackdown on immigration and Islamic extremism, beating a more ...

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On Friday, former Prime Minister Alain Juppé, the favorite in the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) party primaries for the 2017 presidential elections, spoke to Le Monde to declare his concern over ...

BORDEAUX, France (Reuters) - At a rally on Alain Juppe's home ground in Bordeaux last week, a group of supporters tried to get the crowd clapping and chanting before the conservative presidential ...